Fwd: NARAL ad is untrue!

"Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel" <jsekulow@aclj.org> wrote:

From: "Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel" <jsekulow@aclj.org>
To: "Bryan Shouse"
Subject: NARAL ad is untrue!
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:36:20 -0400 (EDT)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2005

Dear Bryan, Should activist groups be allowed to fabricate complete deceptions - and broadcast them across America - in order to try to derail the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., to the Supreme Court of the United States? NO! And yet, that is exactly what is happening. In another misguided attempt to ''smear'' this worthy candidate, NARAL: Pro-Choice America is running a national ad campaign on television and radio that claims Judge Roberts advocates violent abortion protests because of his involvement in a certain abortion-related case (Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic). Nothing could be farther from the truth. The very case in question is one that I argued twice before the Supreme Court on behalf of the pro-life demonstrators, and John Roberts argued on behalf of the United States in support of our legal position. I know what happened. I know what didn't. And today, I am writing to SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT! Please read and then forward this message to your entire address book ... America needs to know the TRUTH. The NARAL: Pro-Choice America ad is an outrageous distortion of the facts. The claim: In the Bray case, John Roberts argued in defense of a violent protester who bombed a clinic ''seven years ago.'' The truth: The protests that were the subject of the Bray case were nonviolent sit-ins, reminiscent of the sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The activities that led up to the case were not violent activities at all. In fact, the protests took place in the late 1980s and early 1990s, almost ten years before a clinic bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. Eric Rudolph was recently convicted of that offense, which had absolutely NOTHING to do with the demonstrators involved in the Bray case. We had nothing to do with any acts of violence on any abortion clinics. John Roberts and I argued before the Supreme Court (not once, but twice) that the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 did not apply to nonviolent protestors because opposition to abortion did not constitute discrimination against women. We won our case both times with a 6-3 vote. In fact, the Court went out of its way to say that to put a pro-life protestor in the same category as a racist was, in Justice Scalia's own words, ''ridiculous.'' NARAL: Pro-Choice America's ad is a complete fabrication ... a compilation of random facts that have been cleverly edited but have nothing to do with Judge Roberts or me. They should be called on the carpet for this. Their ad should be banned! Instead, CNN and others are continuing to run it. CNN, or any respectable news organization, should not run this ad. Integrity has been tossed out the window with this ad. This is why I wanted you to know the truth. It is why you must share this truth with everyone in your address book. The ACLJ is committed to doing all we can to fight for John Roberts. As I have said before, he is a man of great character. He will rightly interpret the Constitution. He will return the rule of law to our country. We will continue to alert you to the deception and propaganda being spewed over the airwaves against John G. Roberts, Jr. Thank you for your continued support as a member of the ACLJ.

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